CVE-2026-72168 in Linux

Summary

by MITRE • 08/15/2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup

Use kzalloc_obj() / kzalloc_objs() to allocate the memcard structs, instead of kmalloc_obj() / kmalloc_objs() to prevent access to uninitialized data.

Fixes runtime error: Fault in unaligned fixup: 0000 [#1] at
mtd_get_fact_prot_info.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

• Responsible: Linux
• Reservation: 08/09/2026
• Disclosure: 08/15/2026
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-390596
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-824 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.8 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00209
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Hospital, Education, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72168
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72168
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-72168/